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Recent Examples of midwife
My maternal grandmother, Dorothy, was born in 1940, delivered by a midwife.
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Jesmyn Ward, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026
Her mother couldn’t afford the $500 hospital delivery fee after losing their savings in the airstrike, so a midwife delivered Shiman in the unsanitary tent as the family struggles with hunger and lack of resources.
—Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
In an ironic twist, the American president became the regime’s midwife, forcing the old order to mutate and reinvent itself.
—Boris Muñoz, Time, 3 Apr. 2026
The nurse was ultimately able to line up a midwife to assist with the woman’s delivery in place of Mulholland.
—Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 26 Mar. 2026
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Jesmyn Ward, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026
Her mother couldn’t afford the $500 hospital delivery fee after losing their savings in the airstrike, so a midwife delivered Shiman in the unsanitary tent as the family struggles with hunger and lack of resources.
—Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
In an ironic twist, the American president became the regime’s midwife, forcing the old order to mutate and reinvent itself.
—Boris Muñoz, Time, 3 Apr. 2026
The nurse was ultimately able to line up a midwife to assist with the woman’s delivery in place of Mulholland.
—Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midwife
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Nurses, doctors and pharmacists, as well as health groups such as the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Cancer Society (ACS), had the broad support of 80 percent or more of respondents.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
9 June 2026
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Ferguson explained that Brown would be assigned a medical doctor who will evaluate him.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Chelsea Torres,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
Noun
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Midwives say physician agreements create barriers Sixteen states require some form of collaborative agreement with a physician for a nurse-midwife to practice.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Centering model The Centering model was started about 30 years ago by a nurse-midwife who wanted to provide better prenatal care and reduce provider burnout.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Mar. 2026
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Likewise, Tri-City has already begun using its powers as a public health care district to recruit additional obstetricians to the area.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2026
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In a notice published last month in the Federal Register, HHS encouraged specialists such as anesthesiologists, cardiologists, oncologists, radiologists and obstetricians to consider serving.—
Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
20 May 2026
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The effort, led by Mitchell, was also supported by a coalition of medical clinics, labor unions and physician groups.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
10 June 2026
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Rubio has served for more than 28 years as an Army aviator, physician and astronaut.—
Chelsea Jones,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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The news comes with the BBC recently agreeing a deal to make shows for YouTube for the first time, which includes documentary channels like BBC3’s Deepwatch (working title), featuring new and existing docs.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
11 June 2026
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Feed it your technical docs, tone of voice and examples of your best agents handling hard tickets.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Graham is likely to face Democratic frontrunner, Annie Andrews, a pediatrician looking to flip the reliably red seat.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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Some pediatricians’ offices delayed placing orders for the shots by months, and multiple states encountered issues when trying to order them through the VFC program.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
7 June 2026
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In one particularly troubling case, Chicago-area Endeavor Health continued to allow obstetrician and gynecologist Fabio Ortega access to patients despite receiving complaints.—
Emily Hoerner,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
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While transcribing therapy sessions, Greta becomes obsessed with one of her insufferable boss's patients, a married female Swiss gynecologist.—
Caroline Killilea,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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The violence sent terrified bystanders fleeing while others rushed to help the injured alongside medics and police.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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Combat medics of the Oregon National Guard trained with drones for the first time last February to fly blood supplies into hazardous areas.—
Zita Ballinger Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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“Midwife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midwife. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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